Kidney-spot Ladybird

Chilocorus renipustulatus

Kidney-spot Ladybird (Chilocorus renipustulatus) is a relatively small (4-5mm) Ladybird beetle in the subfamily Chilocrinae, feeding on Coccids, mainly on deciduous trees.
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Appearance

Like most European Chilocorinae the beetle is very round and domed shape, predominately black in colour, in this case with two kidney shaped spots (one on each elytron).

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderColeoptera
FamilyCoccinellidae
GenusChilocorus
SpeciesChilocorus renipustulatus
Photographed in
France
Netherlands